Chapter 56: Fleeing Bandits

If a normal hunter in the mountains came across them, he would just go up and say hello openly, instead of tiptoeing like them with a stick in his hand.

Zhao Liya picked up a few hard stones the size of eggs from the ground and followed behind quietly.

She had no choice but to guess randomly now, hoping that her brother would realize it himself.

This is the best. Otherwise, even if she risks alerting them, she will never let them harm her brother.

Zhao Liya followed calmly, secretly sizing up the three men. As long as she could unexpectedly kill one of them from behind, she and her brother should be able to handle the remaining two.

The premise is that they cannot be allowed to hurt my brother unexpectedly.

Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to the cave, the three of them stopped at the entrance of the cave, gestured to each other, and the next moment they were about to launch a sneak attack on the people in the cave - at this moment, Zhao Liya acted decisively, and the stone in her hand suddenly smashed towards the back of one person's head, one after another, all the stones in her hand smashed over.

The man who was targeted groaned while holding his head, his body swayed, and he fell softly to the ground. Zhao Liya appeared, grabbed a large branch with lush branches that was used to cover the cave entrance at night and put aside during the day, rushed up, and beat him all over the head.

"Ah! You're looking for death!"

“Damn it!”

The two men were shocked, angry and furious.

There were many branches and leaves on the tree, which hit people on the head. The opponent was dazzled and dodged in a panic, shouting and cursing, but he didn't even have time to draw his sword.

By the time they'd recovered and attempted a counterattack, was Hu Ling just a figurehead? Clearly not! Upon hearing the commotion outside, Hu Ling rushed out in shock, throwing boiling hot porridge at them.

The two men let out shrill screams!

Taking advantage of their distraction, Hu Ling and Zhao Liya rushed forward, punching and kicking them, beating the two men until they screamed in pain and were on the verge of death. Then they found some mountain vines and tied them up tightly.

Even the one who fainted earlier was tied up.

The two men who didn't faint kept shouting and cursing, with fierce eyes and ferocious faces, staring at Zhao Liya and Hu Ling, as if they wanted to eat them alive.

Such hideousness and ferocity would give nightmares to those who were timid just by facing them.

Hu Ling heard their ugly and vulgar curses and slapped one of them twice: "Shut up! If you keep cursing, I'll cut off your tongue!"

Zhao Liya suddenly asked, "Are you fleeing pirates?"

The two of them were shocked and said, "Bullshit!"

Zhao Liya sneered, but she couldn't hide the surprise and panic she felt at that moment.

She and Hu Ling stuffed the grass balls into the mouths of the two men, including the other man, blocking their mouths and preventing them from speaking. They then found more and tougher vines to tie the man tightly together, making him look like a zongzi.

The one who fainted was fine, but the two who were awake were so humiliated that their eyes seemed to be spitting sparks and they glared at the two men fiercely.

Finally, Zhao Liya and Hu Ling placed the three people in different locations, trying to keep them as far apart as possible. Before leaving, they also knocked out the two awake people.

After covering the entrance to Shandong with branches, the two men hurried away carrying their backpacks.

It was impossible for them to take these three people out, they didn't have that ability, so they could only go back and report to the police.

The skin of these three men was dark and rough, obviously caused by wind and sun. Their fierce eyes and expressions did not look like those of ordinary people at all, and the knives they carried were also very different.

Zhao Liya was cooking in the military camp before and overheard a few words. General Zhong and his men were chasing the remnants of the pirates who had escaped and brought people to the Gaolian County area, and some people were injured.

Although most of the remnants of the pirates have been wiped out, Lingnan has a complex terrain and a sparsely populated area. Who knows if there are a few scattered remnants who have escaped and are hiding?

Therefore, Zhao Liya quickly guessed their identities.

What she didn't expect was that she would be so unlucky that she and her brother-in-law would encounter three fish that had escaped the net when they went into the mountains to pick mushrooms.

Fortunately, they caught the three fish that escaped.

This was a serious matter, so the two men dared not neglect it. They hurried all the way and returned home at a little after two o'clock. After putting down the backpack, they wolfed down a small meal and drank some water, and then hurried into the city to report the news.

Although Zhong Jing and his men had left, they were still worried, so they left a small group of people to live in Gaolian County Office, working in secret to track down the remaining pirates.

Zhao Liya and Hu Ling were also lucky. When they went to report to the police, they happened to run into their acquaintance Zhong Lu. Zhao Liya originally planned to let Hu Ling go to report to the police instead of going herself. After all, she was a fugitive and a woman, so it was not appropriate.

If we come across Jongno, things will be much easier.

When Zhong Lu heard about this, he did not dare to delay. He immediately selected a dozen people and led them himself, and asked Zhao Liya and Hu Ling to lead the way.

According to the descriptions of Zhao Liya and the other person, the three people they arrested were not ordinary pirates. One of them should be their fifth in command!

This person's martial arts skills are not the highest, but he is the most brutal, cunning and insidious. He is ruthless and can escape successfully every time. However, he did not expect that the net of heaven is so long that nothing can escape it, and he was finally caught.

There is no time to waste, we must go even if we have to travel overnight.

Zhao Liya and Hu Ling naturally took the lead and led the way.

They hurried all the way, and since they had just walked here today, the road was heavily marked, so they just followed it, which was much more convenient. Just as it got dark, they finally arrived at the cave.

When they arrived, the three bastards had already woken up. Two of them were leaning against the stone wall, struggling to grind the vines on their wrists. They didn't stop even when their wrists were bleeding. One of them had already broken a vine. If Zhao Liya and the others came again tomorrow morning, these three would have definitely escaped!

Fortunately, they tied enough and strong enough.

"God is really merciful. Humph, I wonder where you can escape this time!" Zhong Lu laughed loudly and ordered his men to take out iron chains and lock the three men tightly. He also upgraded the straw balls in their mouths and replaced them with cloth balls. He was too lazy to listen to their yelling and cursing, so he decided to take them back and hand them over to the general for interrogation.

It was getting late, and it was unsafe to walk in an unfamiliar forest at night, so everyone stayed here for the night.

Zhong Lu expressed his sincere gratitude to Zhao Liya and Hu Ling, thanking them again and again.

"This man is the pirates' fifth in command and also their military advisor. This bastard had been on the run before, and the general was worried because of the serious threat. Now that he's been apprehended, the general can finally rest assured. You two have made a great contribution. Once this matter is resolved, the general will definitely reward you handsomely. Your efforts will not be in vain!"

Zhao Liya and Hu Ling were humble and polite, and were quite happy in their hearts.

Who doesn't like big rewards?

Only then did Zhong Lu have the time and energy to curiously ask how they met these three people and how they caught them?

(End of this chapter)